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Requested move 14 August 2017
The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
If someone is looking for Dennis Nelson, it makes more sense just to use their full names. (football player) could go for Ray, as could (tackle), (Colts), (Eagles), and (born 1946). Nicolson could get (forward), (midfielder), (Scotland), and (born 1950). You could also just use the middle initial: Dennis R. Nelson and Dennis N. Nelson. 208.95.51.38 (talk) 15:41, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose moves. Parentheses are preferred in this situation. (This is ONR, I'm on mobile and not logged in.) 107.77.223.182 (talk) 01:01, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both. Football statistics websites as well as all other sources confirm that both men are referenced as simply "Dennis Nelson" and are not known by their full names. —Roman Spinner(talk)(contribs) 01:41, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose We go by their
WP:COMMONNAME. "Wikipedia generally prefers the name that is most commonly used" WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 18:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply
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Oppose per COMMONNAME. We don't use middle names or initials just for disambiguation purposes. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:40, 17 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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